I’d like to tell you that I was hired by this lovely couple from Holland, Christel and Robert, to be their destination wedding photographer. I’d like to tell you that they flew me all the way to Punta Cana and paid for my lodging at this beautiful resort, Gran Bahia Principe. The fact is I was there with my wife and kids on vacation and accidentally ran into this couple completely by chance.

While in Punta Cana, I woke up at sunrise every morning and took my camera and headed towards the beach in the hopes of catching some out of this world sun rise shots. Of course, if I saw someone on the beach at the same time, I would ask them if they would like to pose for me in front of this sunrise and so on. Well on one of those mornings as I had finished taking pictures on the beach and after walking for about an hour and almost loosing all feelings in my feet, I decided to head back to the room. On the way back I saw a couple dressed in complete wedding attire taking photos of one another on the beach with their point-and-shoot camera. I thought to myself that their wedding ceremony is probably about to start and they were there waiting for their photographer to arrive. I decided I would ask them to pose for me and then get going to the room.

It turns out that they were there on their honeymoon, and they had brought their wedding dress and suite in order to take some shots in front of the beach. I thought to myself, what are the chances of this happening? Of course they were very happy to go along with me and I ended up spending half an hour with them and I let them know that I will be blogging about this on my website and that they could see the photos there once they went back home. Here’s what Christel had to say once she saw her photos:

“As you said to us on the beach: the photos are really stunning WAUW!! Our honeymoon was great, but looking at those photos you made, makes me fall in love again and again. Beautiful! Really! Our family and friends were suprised when we showed them the photos. Most of them didn’t even now we took our wedding clothes on our honeymoon. Appreciating is still a small word. So once more: Thank you very much!”

I just love what I do!

Here are some of the photos I took of this beautiful couple:

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Hello everyone! As some of you already know, I’ve just returned from spending an amazing time at this 4 and half beach resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic: Gran Bahia Principe.

Aside from all the great weather and the fun times spent with my wife and kids, I took advantage of being there to capture some destination style photography. I think I went totally nuts with my camera as you can see and I now need a little vacation from my vacation.

I did what I love doing the most which is photographing people in love, except this time it wasn’t at the streets of Montreal, it was at the beach, baby!

Every day I went out for a couple of hours at dawn and right before sunset walking back and forth on this most amazing white fine sandy beach, asking cute couples to pose for me. Mostly I got “no-thank-you” and some “are-you-crazy” responses, but a few couples and some singles who could tell how passionate I am about photography agreed to let me take their photos which I am glad to be able to share with you here.

Check out  these shots and take a few seconds to let me know what you think in the comments please:

This couple is from Argentine

From Germany

Mirna from Montreal, Canada

Chris and Eduardo from Italy. Scroll down to see this sexy couple's photo session which I shot at sunrise a few days later.

Vicky and Mark are From England. Something about them walking on the beach wearing those cool hats caught my attention.

He is from Liverpool and she is from Scottland

One of the people responsible for keeping the beach tiedy.

This here is Megan and, hmmm, what was her name... Katie. From the US of A.

I saw Kris and Eduardo on the beach each morning at sunrise and I offered to do a romantic session with them before I left. I am very happy with how their photos turned out.

And finally, this beautiful couple from Montreal Canada, Jimmy and Slavia, who I bumped into on several occasions on the beach. Two words can best describe this couple; SEXY and FUN.

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So I’ve been wanting to blog about this session from last year for a while now. Why? Well the photos that came out of this session were probably the best shots I’ve taken to date anywhere. Not only were Sheila and Julio super hot, they were super cool too!

It was impossible to get a bad shot of this couple. Every move they took looked good on film and best of all, they were really easy going and they trusted us to work our magic and never once questioned what we asked them to do. It is not everyday that I meet a bride who is so eager to shoot a trash the dress session. So when Sheila came to me and told me she was looking forward to trashing her dress, I was delighted.

I remember the first meeting I had with Sheila; she came to visit me with her parents in law and we got along immediately. I just new that this was going to be a fun wedding to shoot. When I started talking about the trash-the-dress session, Sheila’s reaction was; “no way I am trashing my dress”, so I moved on. However, the next time I met Sheila sometime before her wedding, she told me that her mother in law had talked her into doing the ttd session. I was like YES!!!

A month after her wedding day Sheila and Julio called and told me they were ready to do the ttd session and asked where we should go to shoot this. Sheila said she really didn’t care what happens to her dress. I’ve always wanted to do this session and I had a few locations in mind. One of those locations was the beach.

The day of the session was predicted to be a rainy day with thunder storm warning which in my mind translated into super cool skies. All was needed was for the rain to stop long enough for the photo session. I suggested to the couple to go to Oka beach which is local beach about 45 minutes away from Montreal. By the time we all got there, the sky had become filled with clouds and you could tell a storm was brewing. In fact it started pouring as soon as we were getting ready to begin the session. My assistant and I immediately covered our equipment and we took shelter under the nearby trees.  The rain lasted for almost an hour which meant we barely had an hour of light left in order to do the shoot. The sky was still cloudy but the colors were out of this world. Here are some of the photos we took that day:

The white dots on the shot below are mosquitoes! I had countless bites at the end of the session. A few bug repellent are on the list for next time we go there , that’s for sure.

Sheila and Julio waiting out the rain under a tree.

The heavy rain had stopped at this point so we started shooting despite the light drizzle. I am glad we did this since this is probably the best shot of the day.

Sheila and Julio go deeper into the water.

My favorite shot of the day, and probably my best shot ever. Novel cover material that’s for sure.

Last shot of the day. All I can say is wow, Sheila is stunning and my hat off to her for maintain her grace in spite of all the mosquitoes!

All and all, it was one of the most memorable session from last year. Very few brides will do this to their wedding dress, but how many end up with shots like this?

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